Building a new PC

[Fish]

Originally Posted by Pants

Honestly, air cooling works just as well. I am just going doing it mostly for symmetry and aesthetics and hopefully everything stays nice and cool and quiet even under load and with OC.

My case is the Lancool III. I really like the look of it and the reviews seems to be pretty good and it's Lian Li so I figure they know what they're doing.

I've always had really good luck with air cooling to be honest. Admittedly AIO generally looks a lot better for sure. This time I went with this: https://www.deepcool.com/products/Co...22/16082.shtml

I have to say, I've been surprisingly impressed by the performance to far. My CPU never dips below 5.1Ghz, and has barely topped 60C yet. Maintains at 5.1-5.4 during the majority of usage including gaming. I upgraded my case fans at the same time, and finally got some decent quality case fans for a change. It's made a huge difference in thermals. I prioritized good airflow this time, and my temps have been incredible even with this power hungry Intel. Same computer case, but easy 15-25 degree difference during usage. 72C is the highest I've seen the GPU under any loads outside of super heavy stress tests. Now when gaming, I'm well under 70 on GPU and under 50 on CPU. My previous setup struggled with heat when overclocked. Which was my only real need for upgrade.